Discovery BoxEzra 8:3 
Context8:3 the son of Shecaniah; 1
from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were enrolled by genealogy 150 men;
Ezra 8:1
ContextThe Leaders Who Returned with Ezra
8:1 These are the leaders 2 and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:
1 tc The MT reads here “from the sons of Shecaniah” with no descendant identified in what follows, contrary to the pattern of the context elsewhere. However, it seems better to understand the first phrase of v. 3 with the end of v. 2; the phrase would then modify the name “Hattush.” This understanding requires emending the reading מִבְּנֵי (mibbÿne, “from the sons of”) in the MT to בֵּן (ben,“[the] son of”). Cf. NAB, TEV, CEV, NLT.
2 tn Heb “the heads of their families.”
